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A Noninvasive Hair Sampling Technique to Obtain High Quality DNA from Elusive Small Mammals
Published on: March 13, 2011
[Determination of trace elements in different human hair and the comparison and research on living environment]
Ying Wang1, Wan-Li Kang, Shi-Gang Xin
1Petroleum Engineering Institute, Daqing Petroleum Institute, Daqing 163318, China. wy0339@126.com
Abstract:
In the present paper, Chemometrics was applied to the determination of 20 kinds of trace elements in human hair by ICP-AES. The method was simple, rapid, highly sensitive and accurate. The determination of many elements could be performed at the same time. The recoveries of the method were in the range of 94.07%-107.6%, and the relative standard deviations were less than 3.49%. According to the results of 1 600 human hair samples with various ages from different regions, the influences of nutrition and environmental pollution upon human health were studied. Thereby, the comparison of and research on the living environment were carried out.

